Walking down Northeast’s H Street Corridor on a Friday night, it’s easy to see how this burgeoning neighborhood has quickly earned itself the title of D.C.’s hippest. Just ask Forbes (the go-to source for all things hip), which last week ranked the area No. 6 in “America’s Best Hipster Neighborhoods.

As Cairo’s Tahrir Square swelled with thousands of people last Sunday following the announcement of Mohamed Mursi’s victory in the presidential elections, the iconic square once again found itself plunged into the international media’s spotlight — this time not as an icon of democracy, but rather as the setting for sexual violence against women.

When people are attacked in the square and you’re risking your life, you don’t hold up your smartphone and [say], ‘protect me, Twitter,’” she said, flashing her phone for emphasis. “No, you protect the square with your flesh and blood. You risk your life. You don’t risk your Twitter account.” — Sarah Abdelrahman, activist and video blogger

It’s one in the afternoon and the Do Good Bus is parked outside the 9:30 Club, right beside the tour bus of smash-hit indie band Foster the People. While the band is inside warming up, excited volunteers climb on-board, not knowing quite what they are getting themselves into. Inside, paper lanterns are strewn about, and board games and kids toys are stuffed into overhead compartments. Foster’s album, Torches, plays on loop.

Forty-six years later, Washington, D.C. is unveiling a long-awaited monument to the man lauded as an inspiration and source of sweeping social change. Heralded for his wisdom and charisma, King stood as an example for a generation seeking to change the status quo. For Georgetown students who experienced his incredible spirit firsthand in the heat of the civil rights movement, it was an experience of a lifetime.

A flattened bat. An old tennis ball. A pair of trash cans.<br/> It&#8217;s a Sunday afternoon on Harbin Patio, and these are the only things that a group of 12 students need for a pick-up game of cricket. The sun is shining, although the late March air still warrants blue jeans instead of shorts. The extra coverage comes in handy when diving for a ball on the hard concrete.